Akademik

noun /ˈsɛnɪt,ˈsɛnət/

a) In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

b) A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.

See Also: senator, senatorial, senatus, senescent, senile, senior